Mandela still in hospital in serious condition
Written by CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press
14 June 2013
Battling a lung infection, former South African President Nelson Mandela was rushed to the hospital in the early morning hours after his condition significantly deteriorated. Deborah Patta reports. (AP ... read more >>

FBI ID's Benghazi suspects but no arrests yet
Written by KIMBERLY DOZIER | Associated Press
21 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing ... read more >>

Funeral Set for Grandson of Malcolm X
Written by Thandisizwe Chimurenga Sentinel Contributing Writer generalinfo@lasentinel.net
17 May 2013
REFLECTIONS: Malcolm Lateef Shabazz, stands next to a painting of his late grandfather at the Sentinel offices. Shabazz was slain on May 9 after he was apparently beaten to death. He was 28 years ... read more >>

Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, killed
Written by Special to the NNPA from the Amersterdam News
10 May 2013
Photo courtesy of @Malcolm71084 twitter photo
Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, killed
Special to the NNPA
from the Amsterdam News
The Amsterdam News has learned, and ... read more >>

Vogue Uses Blackface in Clumsy Tribute to Black Fashion Icons
Written by Krishana Davis Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper
03 May 2013
Vogue Netherlands (Courtesy Photo)
The fashion community is in an uproar over Vogue Netherlands’ attempt to pay homage to Black icons in a feature with a White model in Blackface in its May 2013 issue.
The ... read more >>

Report: 260,000 died in Somali famine
Written by Jason Straziuso, Associated Press
29 April 2013
In this Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 file photo, children from southern Somalia hold their pots as they line up to receive cooked food in Mogadishu, Somalia. Officials in East Africa say a report to be released ... read more >>

Group: Sudan army supporting fugitive warlord Kony
Written by RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press
26 April 2013
In this Nov. 12, 2006, file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwangba in southern ... read more >>

In Caribbean, gridlocked courts stall lives
Written by DAVID McFADDEN | Associated Press
26 April 2013
In this April 13, 2013 photo, Claudette Johnson shows a photo of her slain son Tyrone Johnson, who was 21 when he was killed, as she poses for a photo at the market in West Kingston, Jamaica. Johnson ... read more >>

Suspect in Canada terror plot denies charges
Written by Rob Gillies and Charmaine Noronha, Associated Press
24 April 2013
Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two suspects accused of plotting with al-Qaida in Iran to derail a train in Canada, arrives at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Canadian ... read more >>

After long period of quiet, Guantanamo grows tense
Written by BEN FOX Associated Press
19 April 2013
In this April 16, 2013 video frame grab reviewed by the U.S. Military, shows some of the makeshift weapons that were confiscated from prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison following a Saturday ... read more >>

Cuba gives reporters rare tour of island lockups
Written by Associated Press
11 April 2013
A prisoner looks at members of the press from his cell after the gate was opened by military guards at the Combinado del Este prison during a media tour of the prison in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April ... read more >>

China pulls 'Django Unchained' on day of premiere
Written by Didi Tang Associated Press
11 April 2013
FILE - In this undated publicity file photo released by The Weinstein Company, from left, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in the film, "Django Unchained," directed by Quentin Tarantino. (AP Photo/The ... read more >>

Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in as president of Kenya
Written by TOM ODULA and JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press
11 April 2013
President Uhuru Kenyatta, right, receives the sword of the Commander In Chief of the Kenya Armed Forces from outgoing president Mwai Kibaki, second left, at Moi International Sports Complex in Nairobi, ... read more >>

SKorea: North Korea moved missile to east coast
Written by Sam Kim and Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
04 April 2013
(AP Photo)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said ... read more >>

SAfrica: Mandela responds positively to treatment
Written by CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press
29 March 2013
Nelson Mandela was back in the hospital for the third time in four months on March 28, and the 94-year-old former South African president was reported to be responding well to treatment for a chronic ... read more >>

US sends B-2s to South Korea for military drills
Written by By Hyung-Jin Kim and Sam Kim, Associated Press
29 March 2013
U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber, left, flies over near Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 28, 2013. A day after shutting down a key military hotline, Pyongyang ... read more >>

Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil
Written by Maggie Michael, Associated Press
19 March 2013
Egyptians mourn during the funeral for Abd Alhaleem Mohanna, 23, who was killed on March 5, 2013 during clashes with riot police, in Port Said, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013. Egypt's police forces have ... read more >>

Half of girls in South Sudan forced to marry
Written by CHARLTON DOKI Associated Press
14 March 2013
In this picture taken Wednesday, July 18, 2012, Zali Idy, 12, poses in her bedroom in the remote village of Hawkantaki, Niger. Zali was married in 2011. One third and more of all girls are married ... read more >>

Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
Written by Nicole Winfield, Associated Press
13 March 2013
Pope Francis speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio who chose the name of Francis, is the 266th pontiff of the Roman ... read more >>

Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife
Written by Michelle Faul, Associated Press
12 March 2013
Nomsa Tshabalala, second from left, with relatives surrounding the presumed grave of her son Siboniso Tshabalala, at Avalon Cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Forensic ... read more >>

Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years
Written by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
08 March 2013
(Photo: Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling ... read more >>

Dennis Rodman worms his way into North Korea
Written by Associated Press
07 March 2013
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch North Korean and U.S. players in an exhibition basketball game at an arena in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Feb. 28, ... read more >>